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The two-acre wooded stretch of Prospect Park has been eerily quiet in the week since it was torched by a shocking bush-fire. Scores of squirrels, birds, raccoons, skunks and other critters that ...
Firefighters managed to contain a large brush fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park Friday night, officials with the New York City Fire Department said. A passerby reported the fire in Prospect Park at ...
The Cedar Fire was a massive, highly-destructive wildfire, which burned 273,246 acres (1,106 km 2) of land in San Diego County, California, during October and November 2003.
According to fire officials, a passerby who was walking through the park just before 7 p.m. Friday called 911 to report smoke. By 8 p.m., the FDNY said the fire had grown to two alarms and spread ...
California's "fire season," which traditionally runs from June to October, has become a year-round threat, due to a mixture of perennial drought and the increasing number of homes built in canyons and on hillsides, surrounded by brush and forest. [25] The fires had numerous sources. Several were triggered by power lines damaged by the high winds.
In Santa Barbara (southern California), the Gap fire endangered homes and lives. The Basin Complex and Gap fire were the highest priority fires in the state at this time. 2009: 19,130 acres (7,740 ha) Highway 31 Fire: South Carolina: Brush fire in Myrtle Beach, the most destructive fire in terms of loss in state history. Destroyed 76 homes and ...
A forest ranger died battling a brush fire along the New York-New Jersey border Saturday night - as dangerous wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the tri-state region amid a historic drought.
The fire spread to 15 acres (6.1 ha; 0.023 sq mi; 0.061 km 2) and destroyed two structures before its forward progress was held by firefighters. [117] The Olivas Fire was reported at 10:44 a.m. PST spreading along the coast of Ventura, Ventura County. The fire grew to 28 acres (11 ha; 0.044 sq mi; 0.11 km 2), with one casualty reported.